Now that a grand vision for Temecula Valley wineries is law following Riverside Countyâs adoption Tuesday, March 11 of the Wine Country Community Plan, there is much to do.

Lawsuits over the plan must be litigated. A sewer system, sign design and trail map must all be developed. And the new rules and regulations need to be explained to property owners and perspective vintners.

But Riverside County officials say when all is done, the region will be home to a tourist industry based on vineyards.

âAs far as the eye can see in Temecula, youâre going to see rolling hills of vines,â said Riverside County Supervisor Jeff Stone, moments before county supervisors voted 5-0 to adopt the plan.

The blueprint is expected to more than double the number of wineries to 95, luring hotels, restaurants, concert halls and other amenities. It is an unapologetic campaign to transform the area from weekend wine-tasting venue to vacation resort, capitalizing on the 20 million people who live within a two-hour drive.

Now comes the heavy lifting.

For starters, Eastern Municipal Water District must complete a 10-mile sewer line along Rancho California Road before new wineries can come in and entertain wine tasters from all over Southern California. To avoid polluting ground water, state regulators arenât allowing more septic systems.

Work is proceeding on the $14.4 million sewer project and a half-mile of pipe is already in, said Kevin Pearson, district spokesman. It is expected to be finished in spring 2015.

Then there is the unfinished piece that deals with equestrian trails. In response to an uproar from property owners along proposed routes, Stone stripped out a trail map, vowing to add it back later. But first, a committee of horse riders and property owners must strike a compromise on where trails can go.

There is also a sign component. The plan aims to eliminate much of the clutter along Rancho California Road that exists today and line the corridor with uniform winery signs.

Vintners need to determine what those signs will look like, said Ben Drake, president of the Temecula Valley Winegrowers Association, in a telephone interview after the meeting.

Before the plan goes anywhere, though, the county must defend it in court.

A vintner group is suing over the countyâs decision to carve a 30-acre âdoughnut holeâ out of the nearly 18,000-acre plan. Protect Wine Country filed suit Feb. 21 in Riverside Superior Court through Temecula attorney Ray Johnson.

Led by vintner Ray Falkner, the group objects to the property exclusion because it provides a way for his neighbor, Calvary Chapel Bible Fellowship, to expand. He has said a church expansion would overwhelm Wine Country roads with traffic and take up valuable land that ought to be used for a winery and vineyard.

Calvary Chapel attorney Bob Tyler countered that the church has promised to plant 75 percent of its land in grapes, as new wineries will have to do.

âIf anything, whatâs going to happen is the church is going to beautify the area,â he said.

The planâs 17,910-acre Wine Country zone succeeds a former 5,187-acre citrus-vineyard zone. It reaches south across Temecula Parkway to provide new areas for wineries to sprout.

Larry Wurth of San Clemente objected to the inclusion of his 60-acre property south of the parkway, but the county kept it in. That prompted a warning Tuesday of another potential lawsuit.

Yet once all the cases are settled, the maps are adopted and the building begins, winery owners said they will then have to produce wines that will draw the tourists.

âWe need to now walk the talk, so to speak, and put our best foot forward in making the wines that continue to improve,â said winery owner Bill Wilson, chairman of a panel that helped craft the plan.

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